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Benjamin

Parfitt

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  • Founder

Ben is co-founder of DiligentlyAI, an AI infrastructure startup. Developing and maintaining products that are powered by generative AI is an all consuming endeavor. Making these products predictable and reliable, and ensuring that all issues occurring in production are found and resolved is time-consuming and expensive. DiligentlyAI allows companies to rapidly build AI-powered applications that are more reliable and predictable by leveraging our novel approach to evaluating LLM output before and after products are in production. Reach out to learn more — we are looking for pilot customers!

Ben is a native of central New York where he grew up on a sheep farm. After spending a few years in DC post-college, he has found a home here in MA! He loves rock climbing and talking about startups (seriously)!

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Machine Learning
Generative AI
Graphs and Networks
Mathematics

Professional Background

Ben is co-founder of DiligentlyAI, an AI infrastructure startup that helps companies rapidly build AI-powered applications that are more reliable and predictable. Before founding DiligentlyAI, Ben spent time at Capital One as a ML Engineer. Prior to this, Ben worked at a drone tech startup as an AI/ML Research Engineer. Ben has also consulted with several other startups on applied AI and generative AI projects.

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